APPLIED MATERIALS INC /DE - Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2011

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Applied Materials to Hold 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 11:00 a.m. PST

SANTA CLARA(BUSINESS WIRE) Friday, February 25, 2011Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at its corporate offices located at 3050 Bowers Avenue, Building 1, Santa Clara, California 95054, on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST), 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST).

A live audio webcast of the Annual Meeting will be available on Applied Materials website at http://investors.appliedmaterials.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112059&p=irol-calendar. An audio/MP3 replay of the webcast will be available beginning on Tuesday, March 8 at 5:00 p.m. PST, 8:00 p.m. EST, through Friday, April 8, 2011.

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) is the global leader in providing innovative equipment, services and software to enable the manufacture of advanced semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic products. Our technologies help make innovations like smartphones, flat screen TVs and solar panels more affordable and accessible to consumers and businesses around the world. At Applied Materials, we turn todays innovations into the industries of tomorrow. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.

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Applied Materials, Inc.

Mike Sullivan, 408-748-5227 (Investment Community)

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Howard Clabo, 408-748-5775 (Editorial/Media)

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